AI Rate Professor

Astronomy amp Earth Sciences

Joshua Cabrera

PHYS4B · ASTR5 · PHYS2B · PHYS2AG · ASTRO5 · PHYS4A · ASTR5H · ASTRO5L · 25 lifetime ratings

AI rating
78/100
RMP rating
4.1/5
Take again
84%
Difficulty
3.3

The decision

if you will work the homework and exams; you learn a lot and grades stay fair, but expect and slow turnaround.

Best fit · Effort For RewardCaring physics goatLenient exam gradingHard exams light curveSlow graderLecture-heavy homework
  • Physics content and exams are hard but grading and
  • Homework and practice problems matter; office hours help a lot
  • and some online/COVID-era organization issues are common complaints

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

62/100

Many As with hard work and , but and C grades appear when students fall behind.

; online astro reports passable grades with heavy work.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Physics and some astronomy sections are conceptually hard with difficult exams and .

; online ASTR is lecture-heavy with weekly HW.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

50/100

Some sections mark attendance mandatory and lecture-dependent; .

as essential; .

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

78/100

Most ; older online/COVID reviews are more mixed.

In-person physics is strongly positive; .

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

78/100

, and fair overall grading for students who do the work.

Format shift

Leniency is clearest in recent in-person physics; online reviews .

Workload

Heavy

32/100

Lots of , and study outside class; online sections add weekly problem sets.

Format shift

Both formats report heavy HW; and group work.

Teaching experience

Good

80/100

and real care for students, with occasional over-explaining and .

Format shift

In-person teaching praised highly; online organization and response time weaker.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Significant homework and labs plus difficult midterms/finals; because .

Format shift

; online astro is weekly HW, projects, and exams.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

20 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

: deep lectures, caring, hard but doable exams with partial credit and curves.

Main concern

, and .

What students said

“Professor Cabrera was the goat. , and he is very lenient in grading.”
PHYS4B
“ so always do the . and quizzes.”
PHYS2AG

Remote format

Online

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

some found heavy lectures and weekly HW manageable, others , and weak communication.

Main concern

, and uneven remote group work.

What students said

“4 hours of lecture is just too much. Weekly HW questions. to do remotely on our own time somehow.”
ASTR5H
“The professor seemed too distracted to grade our assignments, took him about 13 weeks to barely grade 3 of them.”
ASTR5

Exam style

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Exams are difficult and concept-heavy but often graded leniently with .

Hard conceptual examsPartial credit and curvesCheat sheet sometimes allowedExam reviews recommended

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

but doable with HW and review; , and sometimes a cheat sheet.

Hard examsPartial creditCurvesCheat sheet allowed
“the , but I believe they are doable as long as you put in the work with the HW”
PHYS4B
“ .”
PHYS4B

Online

Online astronomy reviews mention hard exams and limited .

Hard examsWeekly HW supporting exams
“ .”
ASTR5H
“did not really prepare us for the . The class is still passable, but just takes lots of studying.”
ASTR5

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Professor Cabrera was the goat. , and he is very lenient in grading. , but if you lock in, he is goated.”

Voice snapshots generated from 25 reviews, highlighting hard-but-fair physics, caring teaching, and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

80/100

“Josh is an , and open to deep discussions.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

78/100

“ !”

⚖️

78/100

“He grades them very leniently. Great lectures so be sure to not miss them.”

⏳

30/100

“You'll be lucky if he grades an exam within 3 weeks.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Cabrera's lectures typically go beyond what's described in his provided slides
  • He does everything to help you pass.
  • Intelligent Prof. who cares about physics.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • so always do the .
  • , and he is very lenient in grading.
  • Work hard or fail! physics isnt ez

Theme 3

⏱️

  • Lots of assignments.
  • He also takes an extremely long time to grade things.
  • Grades very leniently and made this class very chill despite how difficult it was.

Data context

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Analysis sample

25

Recent reviews read by the AI

25

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

25 recent detailed reviews with consistent themes on hard physics, lenient grading, and .

Inside 25 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 513
4 out of 58
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 53

Course coverage

PHYS2AG7 reviews
PHYS4B7 reviews
ASTR53 reviews
ASTR5H3 reviews
PHYS2B2 reviews
Show 3 more courses
ASTRO51 review
ASTRO5L1 review
PHYS4A1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

23 reported outcomes

A range

14

A+ 3 · A 9 · A- 2

B range

5

B 5

C range

2

C 2

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Not sure yet 2